As Xu Wanfeng's countdown began, Lin Feng immediately activated the high-performance movement mode of the power armor.

With the three-second countdown added to the start, a full four seconds went by, and the power armor's figure turned into an afterimage retreating to one side.

At this moment, the internal pilot was selecting the optimal movement route.

Long before Lin Feng entered the arena, the armor's combat system had already meticulously scanned the entire valley terrain where the arena was located.

The combat rule is that leaving the designated area is forbidden.

The outcome must be decided within this one-square-kilometer range, or else the party leaving the arena is automatically deemed the loser.

Therefore, Lin Feng could not get too close to the mountain foot along the edges, or even if the power armor could barely withstand an impact from the opponent, he would lose due to stepping out of bounds.

However, Lin Feng was relieved to find that the arena boundaries this time included the three hundred-meter-high hills surrounding the valley floor.

As long as he didn't climb over the hills, it wouldn't be considered crossing the line.

Actually, this was advantageous for Lin Feng because being on the hill meant the advantage of height over depth, and the weapons in Lin Feng's hands could directly cover the entire arena area.

Xu Wanfeng was indeed favoring Lin Feng.

Otherwise, if just the valley floor were the arena, Li Hao could approach Lin Feng much more easily.

However, as Lin Feng turned to flee, creating a distance, Li Hao, standing on the other side of Xu Wanfeng, remained unmoved, standing still.

At this moment, he was wearing a heavy set of battle armor over three meters tall.

This Level 25 Rock Horse Armor stood three and a half meters high and over two meters wide, appearing very cumbersome.

But don't underestimate this armor. Each side of its arms is equipped with rectangular ceramic steel armor, and its torso is also covered with a thick layer of ceramic steel, thirty centimeters wide.

Its defensive capability is equivalent to over a meter thick of reinforced concrete, capable of withstanding a standard 150mm grenade cannon, with only depleted uranium armor-piercing rounds having a potential chance to breach it.

Back in the day, when Li Hao made waves in the Holy City, he had the luck to meet several Tier Two firearms superpower users. Although they were rare, there were a few well-known firearms superpower users in the Holy City, with its population of millions.

So he was fully aware of the power limit of Tier Two firearms superpower users in their early stage.

This matches the power of conventional artillery.

The destructiveness of a cannon shell lies in the shockwave and fragments produced by the explosion, while its actual armor-piercing capability is limited. For instance, a half-meter thick reinforced concrete wall can withstand a standard 155mm grenade cannon.

Someone like Lin Feng, merely a Level 22 firearms superpower user, even if a destructive strike could threaten a late Tier Two entity, his regular attacks could only handle average mid-Tier Two evolvers.

Therefore, facing the defense-specialized mid-Tier Two Rock-Horned Horse, it was simply inadequate.

The Level 25 Rock Horse Armor, made from the mid-Tier Two Rock-Horned Horse, could similarly withstand multiple attacks.

So long as it wasn't a direct hit, it could even ignore the residual impact of the explosion.

The initial speed of the cannonball is about 300 meters per second, close to the speed of sound, and by observing the position of the muzzle, the final landing point of the cannonball could be roughly determined.

So, beyond 300 meters, Li Hao would have over a second to react.

Just moving a dozen or so meters would allow him to easily dodge.

For Rock Horse Armor, which has a base speed of nearly 100 meters per second, this is insignificant apart from slightly increasing energy consumption.

Thus, from Li Hao's perspective, the further Lin Feng was from him, the safer he was.

The real danger lay in the range between 100 and 300 meters.

Within this range, launching an attack required a second or two to get close to Lin Feng, while Lin Feng could act in under a second.

Seeing Lin Feng operating the power armor and retreating over 400 meters away in just four seconds, Li Hao then unhurriedly backed away, hiding behind a pile of scattered rocks.

As the referee, Xu Wanfeng immediately moved back to a small hilltop nearby.

From here, he could overlook the entire valley arena.

The imaging sensor of the power armor could clearly capture the figures of the two people in the arena.

Xu Wanfeng, a guild member transferred from the Holy City, was also familiar with the capabilities of firearms superpower users and understood why Li Hao was so calm.

But as long as the two sides didn't erupt into intense conflict, the plan could proceed smoothly.

Xu Wanfeng believed that Li Hao's current proposal for sparring was not only to probe Lin Feng's true strength but also to dispel the audience's intimidating perception of firearms superpower users.

Earlier experiments with Lin Feng's weaponry had already intimidated the high-level forces around Oasis Town, especially among the rebels, where many late-Tier One individuals began showing signs of retreat and surrender.

This severely impacted Li Hao's plan to seize power.

So, as long as he could easily defeat the opponent now, he could reduce Lin Feng back to an ordinary Tier Two evolver, albeit one with only strong firepower.

Wearing the Rock Horse Armor was enough to guard against his threats.

On a deeper level, the goal was to see if there was an opportunity to seriously wound or cripple Lin Feng, thereby breaking the passive situation faced by the rebels.

This was precisely what Xu Wanfeng aimed to prevent.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have handed over the Tier Two combat module to Lin Feng through her sister, Xu Wanshuang, to prevent an overwhelming defeat in close combat.

However, from the perspective of guild interests, if Li Hao merely wanted to teach Lin Feng a lesson, Xu Wanfeng was happy to see it happen.

After all, since his promotion to Tier Two, Lin Feng had become overconfident and arrogant. If he could face setbacks early and recognize his true strength, it would benefit both his future development and cooperation with the guild.

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